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Broward County Residents Top List of Relocating Buyers

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As a Relocation expert for over 7 years I have always tracked where folks from other states move to and county growth etc. Outside local moves from say Decatur to Lawrenceville which make up the majority of the buyers in Gwinnett County, moves from Florida, New York and California have always topped the [...]

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You Have Until Wednesday! – To Protest Your Tax Assessment

March 30, 2009

Do you think you are paying too much in taxes for that home? I can tell you from my experience that out of town buyers think so! They are looking at our taxes and thinking they are way to high! Why? Because you are likely paying taxes on a home [...]

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Does it really matter which real estate company my listing agent works for?

March 23, 2009

(from a Trulia question) I love this question! Because it doesn’t matter! (at least very little to the "consumer")  It matters a great deal to the agent.
If it mattered at all, then Remax would be losing business as they are slipping out of the top 5 in the country, and Keller Williams would be [...]

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How Can I Improve The Quality of Our Community?

December 18, 2008

I recently had a question from a seller in a neighborhood with a lot of foreclosures on how to help improve the situation. I thought would share the response with you:
Communities that have high involvement of neighbors tend to have a slightly lower rate of foreclosure.  Get organized and get involved with the HOA.  You [...]

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Christmas WILL be Coming This Year!

December 8, 2008

With Rates in the low 5% and mid 4’s% (for some), buyers are back in a big way.  Great Deals used to sell in 2 weeks or less are going the moment they are listed.  Good Deals are now moving much quicker and homes are getting showings.
So Christmas will be coming THIS year as more [...]

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Is Your Home Walmart Priced?

September 12, 2008

With the current market conditions it’s likely that if your home has been on the market, you might have had a price reduction.  What’s interesting is where you end up.  Look at the prices, are you Wal-mart priced?
What’s Wal-Mart pricing?  We all know that the tried and true method to get us to buy something [...]

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